CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant participated in the 2023 Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW) by Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the Unified Forecast System (UFS). The workshop was held from July 24 to 28, 2023 at the
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On March 13, 2023, a 7-members delegate led by the Director Dr. Ram Ramaswamy, NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Geophysics Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL) team visited the CUNY CREST Institute at the City College of New York, NY. The purpose of
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CREST was invited to participate in the Transfer of Ownership Ceremony of the James J. Howard Laboratory held on July 11, 2023 in front of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory building within the Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area in
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CREST’s Executive Director, Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi has been appointed as the Director of Earth System Sciences and Environmental Engineering at City College of New York. Earth System and Environmental Engineering (ESE) program is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide a broader foundation
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The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science will sponsor the participation of 139 undergraduate students through internships and five faculty members from institutions underrepresented in the Scientific Research Enterprise, in three STEM-focused workforce development programs at 14 DOE national laboratories and a national
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Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi represented the CUNY CREST Institute and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (NOAA CESSRST) II at the 14th International Precipitation Conference (IPC14) hosted by the University of Oklahoma at the National
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CUNY CREST’s stellar alumni, José A. Infante Corona and Isabel Perez from the class of 2015 and 2016 respectively, not just earned their degrees and a professional family at CCNY but also found each other as loving companions for life. They have
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CUNY CREST Graduate Researcher funded by NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Atmosphere (CIRA), Elaine O Famutimi graduated with a Master’s in Environmental Engineering from the City College of the City University of New York. Elaine’s research was titled, Forecasting Solar Radiation over
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This semester, CUNY CREST’s Research Assistant, Ololade S. Alonge graduated with a Master’s in Civil Engineering from the City College of the City University of New York. Ololade’s research was titled, Seasonality and Climate Predictability of the Frequency of Extreme Flood Events
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CUNY CREST Faculty, Prof. Neal Phillip, and Prof. Cheila Avalon Cullen shared their views on the recent poor air quality in New York City as a result of the Canadian wildfires, during a recent interview with the Live Science magazine. The joint
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